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title: Ngl, why did the Wolf get smoked by a Lion, like?? — Aesop's Fables, The Frogs Who Wanted a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, why did the Wolf get smoked by a Lion, like?? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 365 «Aesop's Fables, The Frogs Who Wanted a King: a log, a Crane, and Jupiter's reply» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w
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# Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Frogs Who Wanted a King: a log, a Cran…

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Ngl, why did the Wolf get smoked by a Lion, like??

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lion · **What happens:** smoke · **To what, where:** Ngl

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 365 «Aesop's Fables, The Frogs Who Wanted a King: a log, a Crane, and Jupiter's reply» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/365-pg19994-part4/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:365-pg19994-part4:t4:1
# text = Ngl, why did the Wolf get smoked by a Lion, like??
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	smoked	smoke	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smoke** | past · passive · do-support | a Lion | Ngl |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent subject=Source |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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he got cocky looking at his big shadow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:365-pg19994-part4:t4:o1:1
# text = he got cocky looking at his big shadow
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	cocky	cocky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | he |  |  |  |  | cocky *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at his big shadow | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at shadow=Theme |
| 3 | **shadow** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom shadow «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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his proud shadow made him stop and look at himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:365-pg19994-part4:t4:o2:1
# text = his proud shadow made him stop and look at himself
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | his proud shadow | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **look** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at shadow | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at himself=Theme |
| 4 | **shadow** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom shadow «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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he was proud of himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:365-pg19994-part4:t4:o3:1
# text = he was proud of himself
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | of himself *= he*; proud *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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his shadow made him cocky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:365-pg19994-part4:t4:o4:1
# text = his shadow made him cocky
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	cocky	cocky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | his shadow | him *= he* |  |  |  | cocky *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product |
| 2 | **shadow** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom shadow «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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